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@auch gratas @anni @High ALGERNON L. WILKINSON, OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, AND ELIAS Y. BEGGS, OF NASH- VILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNORS TO"ALG ERNON L. WILKINSON.

Letters Patent No. 71,671, dated December 3, 1867.`

IMPROYBD PORTABLE HOSE-BRIDGE.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that wc, A. L. WILKINSON, of Huntsville, in the county of Madison, and State of Alabama, and ELIAS Y. BGGS, of Nashville, in the county of Davidsornand State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improved Portable Hose-Bridge for street-railroad cars; and we` do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had 'to tho accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- I Y i Figure 1 is a cross-section,

Figure 2 is a side elevation, and

Figure 3 a top view of my bridge; l

vFigure 4 being an axial section of a portion of the cross-bar p, and

Figure 5 being a similar section showing the snap for confining the cross-bar'in position.

.Similar letters of reference' indicate corresponding parts in the severalQgures.

The object of this invention is to furnish a neat, portable device by which hosclying across the track can be bridged over, so -that the horses and cars will be enabled to pass it without inonveniencc, 'and without damaging it. 'p

In the drawings, A A represent thetrack of a common street-railway, and H hose lying across therails.

.To enable cars to'pass along the track while the hose is in this situation, I constructiarched or double-inclined side pieces B, of channel or angle-iron, bevelling their endsso that they-will 'lit closely down to the rails, and.

arching them-at the middle just enough to clear ordinary hose. These arches are provided with at least two lugs, c c, on each side, projecting downward to bear against the sides-otl Athe rail,-and hold the bridgein place.

4Each arch is provided-also with at least two other lugs, e e', projecting horizontally iti-ward opposite to each other, the lugs e on one rail supporting a vertical socket', z',"andv;those, e", on the other, supporting the ends of cross-bars o o, which connect the arches. The, ends ofthe 'cross-bars lare simplyvholted to the upper side of the lugs e with round bolts, so that the cross-bars can 'be swung round, forward or backward, upon the bolts as a pivot. The opposite end of the cross-bars is provided with a goose-neck, u, attached to the bar by a swivel-joint, v, into one end of which the shank of the goose-neck is screwed.l The goose-neck is designed to hook into the vertical sockets or eyes 2' z', Vand, thus hold the arches firmly together. The length of the whole cross-bars can be adjusted easily, by means of the screws on goose-necks, to any gauge of track.. 'lhc goose; necks maybe-provided with spring-snap catches z e, whichv will catch under the sockets or lugs and prevent the cross-bars from becoming detached from the larches by any vibration 'caused by the cars, or by. any blow lreceived from passing carriages or animals. Long, arched guards G, constructed of V-iion, or in the form of hollow semi-cylinders, may be laid over the hose between the arches to protect the pipes from injury by the horses feet. v

` Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Thev arches B B, when constructed of single pieces of angle or channel-iron, and provided with lugs c c to hold them to a railroad-track, in combination with the cross-bars o o, constructed with a swivel-link, fu, and a goose-neck, u, substantially as and for the purpose indicated. j

To the above specification of our improvement we have signed our hands, this 29th day of October, 1867.

' A. L. WILKINSON,

E. Y. BEGGS.

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